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Make the service worse for everyone just because one guy abused it...

• TheCapn 9y ago
  Make the service "worse" because the potential for wide abuse is present. Finding a fine line is probably what's required. Having your tool suffer DDoS from known exploit vectors harms all the legitimate users at the expense of some bot-writer's pleasure. Arguably this is the basis of many laws that govern our lives. Lots of rules are in place and enforced because individuals found ways to ruin things for everyone else
• robotresearcher 9y ago
  You have a lock on your front door and a password on your computer, right?
  • ythn 9y ago
    Yeah but if a neighborhood kid with a lockpick breaks into your house, installs cryptomining sw on your computers, laughs at how weak your lock is, admonishes you to spend more money in better security, what will you do? Take his advice and buy a better lock?
    • robotresearcher 9y ago
      There was no lock in this case. We're metaphorically going from an open doorway to a conventional front door. Adding just a little friction means the tweaker poops on someone else's rug.